3.3.1 Specify the Database Connection String for importing XML into SQL
To connect to an SQL Server database running on host name (or ip address) host:
host@
To connect to a named database (or catalog), specify the database name as follows:
host@databaseName
If you are running multiple instances of SQL Server on a given host and you would like to connect to a named instance:
host\instanceName@databaseName
Use the following syntax to specify the the current computer as the server:
localhost@
Or alternatively, the empty string “”.